A suspense thriller
set in an amusement park. Someone -or something- is killing people, and
trapeze artist, Cameron Mitchell, and sinister gorilla owner, Raymond
Burr, are suspects. Radiant Anne Bancroft, obviously at a low point in
her career, has an act in which she swings over a cage of live gorillas,
but could she have more tricks up her sleeve? Cop Lee Marvin and
gumshoe Lee J. Cobb have to decipher some interlocking romantic
triangles in order to decide if the crimes were committed by a human, or
by Goliath, "the hate beast
that loves to kill."
See stuff fly at
you for no good reason! See a thrilling sequence shot atop a roller
coaster! See Charlotte Austin, who went on to star in Ed Wood's 1958
film, The Bride and the Beast, and then practically vanished from
movie acting! Generations of casual 3D movie fans know Gorilla At
Large mostly from occasional screenings on broadcast television,
while the hardcore 3D fans love the film for the stunning use of
Technicolor and depth effects, the all-star cast, and the
campy-but-nevertheless-entertaining storyline. Now is your chance to
see a new, beautifully restored dual 35mm print projected on the big
screen.
-- Skizz Cyzyk
Presented By: Chris
Kaltenbach
Biography:
Besides being the Maryland Film Festival's resident expert on 3D movies,
Baltimore-born Chris Kaltenbach has been a Baltimore Sun writer for the
past 23 years, the last nine as a movie critic and feature writer. His
favorite movie is the 1933 King Kong.
